Stiffening Bags?

[lightningad]

So far most of the bags i have made have been stiff enough without any extra work, but i was wondering how everyone else goes about adding extra firmness to overly large bags, or those made from a softer leather but needing more structure?

Ideally, with as little extra weight as possible!

adam

[Dwight]

The product at Tandy's is aptly named: Bag Stiffener.

May God bless,

Dwight

[cjdevito]

I've used the product tandy carries (it's called Bontex, btw) with pretty decent results. It's a thick paper stock, think a manila folder on steroids. You'll want to line it with something to hide it on the interior of the bag, but otherwise it's pretty straighfroward to use. I'll usually cut pieces of both it and the leather I'm working with to be slightly oversize to the individual pattern pieces I'm making... glue the oversized bontex to the oversized leather and then cut both layers at once to the exact dimensions needed. Makes it easy to keep your edges even.

[lightningad]

thanks for the heads up...i'll have to go check it out.

adam